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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said a light earnings calendar next week will concentrate investors’ focus on a handful of key reports and economic data releases. Stocks rebounded Thursday as investors shook off the previous session’s sell-off following the Federal Reserve’s indication that another rate hike remains possible. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 72 points, or .14%, while the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 gained nearly 2% and about 1%, respectively. Semiconductor stocks led the advance, extending the market’s AI-driven rally and helping lift the major averages. Cramer then turned to the week ahead. Monday Cramer said one…

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Two men look at an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on June 12, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to trade mixed on Friday as investors assessed the durability of a U.S.-brokered peace agreement with Iran.Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended President Donald Trump’s interim peace agreement with Iran, arguing that the U.S. would not provide direct financial support to Tehran and that any economic relief would be contingent on Iran meeting its obligations under the deal.”The United States isn’t giving up a…

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Independent advisors for the Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted 9–0 in support of approving Moderna’s seasonal mRNA flu vaccine, which a Trump appointee at the agency initially tried to block from even being reviewed. In an all-day meeting, members of the FDA’s advisory committee—known as VRBPAC for Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee—pored over data and presentations on the vaccine, which is dubbed mRNA-1010 and branded as mFlusiva. The presentations included a review from FDA scientists, which was supportive of the vaccine. Data from a Phase 3 trial including over 40,000 adults age 50 and older found…

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Three supertankers from Saudi Arabia loaded with 6 million barrels of oil have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the global trade intelligence firm Kpler. The Saudi tankers switched their transponders on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman after hiding their location for more than two months. The crossings come after President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a deal Wednesday that is supposed to reopen Hormuz. Vice President JD Vance told reporters later Thursday that more than 12 million barrels of oil passed through Hormuz overnight. “That is a high since the beginning of…

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People pass by The Spheres in downtown Seattle, Washington, on June 25, 2025. Juan Mabromata | AFP | Getty ImagesA group of Amazon engineers said they’re being investigated by the company after they criticized the breakneck expansion of artificial intelligence data centers and called for stronger government regulation. Earlier this month, five Amazon employees testified at Seattle City Council meetings where officials sought public feedback on a year-long pause on the construction of new large-scale data centers to give the city time to regulate the projects. Seattle passed the moratorium in a unanimous vote on June 9.The employees criticized the…

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